In the year 2018, 340 shootings occurred in the United States. There were 373 lives lost and 1347 injuries in total. The states where the most shootings occurred were California and Illinois. The city with the most shootings was Chicago. The link to the original source of the data can be found here.
| State | Total Killed | Total Injured | Total Effected |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 50 | 136 | 186 |
| Florida | 48 | 132 | 180 |
| Illinois | 21 | 150 | 171 |
| Pennsylvania | 35 | 63 | 98 |
| Texas | 29 | 62 | 91 |
| Tennessee | 19 | 68 | 87 |
| Alabama | 12 | 55 | 67 |
| Louisiana | 15 | 50 | 65 |
| Missouri | 12 | 52 | 64 |
| Ohio | 13 | 46 | 59 |
| New Jersey | 4 | 54 | 58 |
| New York | 5 | 53 | 58 |
| North Carolina | 14 | 37 | 51 |
| Maryland | 13 | 31 | 44 |
| Michigan | 10 | 28 | 38 |
| Indiana | 10 | 27 | 37 |
| Colorado | 9 | 27 | 36 |
| Georgia | 3 | 33 | 36 |
| Kentucky | 7 | 25 | 32 |
| District of Columbia | 2 | 23 | 25 |
| Arkansas | 7 | 17 | 24 |
| South Carolina | 5 | 19 | 24 |
| Oklahoma | 2 | 19 | 21 |
| Virginia | 2 | 17 | 19 |
| Mississippi | 1 | 17 | 18 |
| Nevada | 3 | 15 | 18 |
| Nebraska | 1 | 16 | 17 |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 16 | 17 |
| Minnesota | 1 | 14 | 15 |
| Washington | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| Kansas | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| Arizona | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| New Mexico | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Connecticut | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Delaware | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Massachusetts | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Utah | 0 | 4 | 4 |
On February 14, 2018, a shooting took place in Pompano Beach (Parkland) in Florida. During the shooting, 17 students, teachers, and staff were killed, and 17 more were injured. This incident, later known as the Parkland School Shooting, horrified the entire United States and sparked a giant call for gun reform. In order to commemorate this loss, TIME Magazine published a collection of photos that can be found here.
This interactive map displays the location of each shooting in 2018. It showcases the density of shootings in different geographic areas across the United States. The size of each circle is dependent on the number of people who were killed in the shooting.
In each state, was the number of people injured or the number of people killed larger?